Nobody sandbagged Bernie. He came into a political party he wasn’t a member of at the last minute and lost because he couldn’t connect with a large portion of the Democratic base, black people. Nobody thought he would win. He comes from a state that has a smaller population than Ocasio-Corte’s house district in NY. …

Occupation is a political decision, man. Don’t try to portray it as something fundamental to Jews or Judaism.

I believe she supports Palestinians. The problem is that it was a dumb answer (and the GOP is even dumber isn’t really an excuse) and could have easily been twisted around to bash her.

It wasn’t a waffle, it was an honest admittance that she’s still learning about the complexities involved. If she’s “mentored” by senior Dems and comes down on the other side, then it’s more disappointing as a sign she might do the same on other issues, but for now it’s a push.

Republicans don’t care at all about charges of “hypocrisy”. If it’s something they feel they can attack, they’re gonna do it— regardless of whether those in their group are guilty of the same things. From adulterous Newt Gingrich going after Bill Clinton for his affair, to draft-dodging George Bush Jr. Swift-boating…

My dad is 5'4" and it has haunted him his entire life. Being a short man is actually quite difficult, especially in circles where physical manliness (like, being tall for example) is prized. When he went to buy his suit for my wedding, my partner said that the salesmen ridiculed him and he had to buy a teen sized suit.

Long, long history of that in Hollywood. Huge numbers of actors had to change their names to get famous, both for racist reason (their name was very “ethnic” and Hollywood hates that) or because their name was hard to pronounce. For example, for Jews, you’ve got Marilyn Monroe = Norma Jean Mortensen, Kirk Douglas =…

Look, this whole thing is really disappointing and Whedon has definitely lost his “goody two shoes” lustre now, but abuse? Is cheating now the same as domestic violence? People seem to be reacting like this is some Cosby/Polanski level transgression when what he really is is a shitty husband.

Based on objective facts.

This is a super important point, thank you for saying it.

Yep. I think she’s good on a handful of issues but imperfect to bad on a host of others. And really, really bad at choosing her language.

Let’s check in with Wikepedia on Obeh:

This website is highly critical of people on a consistent basis for one tweet, one post, or one statement. I can recall numerous articles, posts, etc., about individuals who would otherwise be “woke” deserving harsh criticism because of such tweets, posts, statements, etc.

There is a reason she’s demonized. Please don’t cry to me about the alt-right when you are willing to condone anything from the alt -left

The tweet in question. Whatever you feel about Ayaan, her anger and her activism comes from a place of genuine suffering. And given the fact that she DID suffer from FGM, saying “she doesn’t deserve to be a woman” is gross and indefensible. Because it’s something that someone almost literally tried to inflict upon…

Oh, I just love how this shitty article mentions Sarsour’s stated desire to “take away their vaginas”, which was made even worse by he fact that it was directed at a victim of female genital mutilation, but then proceeds to gloss over that statement.

So quick to excuse the inexcusable. What the left would never excuse towards Muslims, hispanics, blacks or women is excusabletowards jews. She supports the anti-Jewish group Nation of Islam and a Muslim woman who murdered two jewish teenagers. Try supporting Richard Spencer and Dylaan Roof. See if these same…

Linda Sarsour quote:

And side note just once I would love to see pro Palestine anti Israel morons understand and acknowledge the role surrounding Arab Muslim states play in this. They hate Palestinians, so they massacre them when they flee like what jordan did a while back. But they hate Jews more, so they just give the paletinians guns…

there are a lot of very legitimate reasons not to like her, you mention them, but then gloss over them. She can be kind of awful but is also a victim of a right wing smear campaign at the same time, they aren’t always mutually exclusive. But saying mainstream news pointing out her occasional awfulness means it’s being…